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- Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ... [[Europe]]; only in [[Great Britain]] and the [[Netherlands]] did the common people have more freedom...
5: ...ants of [[feudalism]]. Similarly, the peasants covetously eyed the relatively greater prerogatives of ...
7: ...h the French intellectuals; furthermore, contact between the American revolutionaries and the French t...
9: ...nt from those of the bourgeoisie or they did not yet constitute independent classes or class divisions...
13: ...equal system of taxes, by borrowing money, and sometimes by selling noble titles and other privileges;... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien ...
21: ...de Laune|Turgot]] (Controller-General of Finances 1774–1776) and [[Jacques Necker]] (Director-Gene...
23: ...e, and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France's finances in order in the long term. ...
27: ...ropose new reforms, but only to prepare for the meeting of the nation's representatives.
31: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[August 8]], [... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
10: ...summon a [[constitutional convention (political meeting)|Constitutional Convention]] in [[1787]]; all ...
12: ...13) in [[1788]], but its full implementation was set for [[March 4]], [[1789]]. However, the Senate co...
14: ...of the first half of the 19th century, a balance between North and South existed in the Senate, as the...
16: ... nine cases of bribery in Senate elections arose between [[1866]] and [[1906]]. Many individuals, furt...
33: Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution sets forth three qualifications for senators: each se... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ... a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right: detail of a steamer]]
6: A '''steamboat''' or '''steamship''', sometimes called a '''steamer''', is a boat or vessel t...
15: ...707]] he constructed a paddle-powered boat, but whether it was full-size and steam-powered or not is u...
19: In [[France]], by [[1774]] the Marquis [[Claude de Jouffroy]] and colleagu...
21: ...[[James Rumsey]] built a pump-driven boat (water-jet) that successfully steamed upstream on the [[Poto... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...onies]] and later of the [[United States]] from [[1774]] to [[1789]], a period that included the [[Ameri...
4: ...ly from [[September 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774, in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. [[Peyton Ran...
8: ...f]]. On July 8 they extended the [[Olive Branch Petition]] to the crown as an attempt at reconciliati...
14: *Sept. 5, 1774- Oct. 26, 1774 [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
24: *June 30, 1783- Nov. 4, 1783 [[Princeton, New Jersey]] - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ... Independence''', was a [[war]] fought primarily between [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] an...
5: ...of a scene painted by A.M. Willard in the late nineteenth century that came to be known as ''The Spiri...
15: ...urse of the war. Fewer than 20,000 of these ever set foot in America. The war was far from Britain's g...
19: ... Europe, the war was often regarded as a scuffle between the poorer part of the British military and E...
23: ...served in northern American militias from the outset, but this was forbidden in the South, where slave... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ... ship. Cook rose in the ranks of the merchant fleet but declined the command of his own collier in 17...
12: ...h brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
18: In [[1766]], the Royal Society hired him to travel to the [[Pacific Ocean]] to ...
20: ...ntury earlier, in [[1642]]). Cook mapped the complete New Zealand coastline, making only minor mistake...
22: ...tain [[Arthur Phillip]] arrived with the First Fleet in [[1788]], he felt that Botany Bay was unsuitab... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
5: ...efferson selected [[Meriwether Lewis|Captain Meriwether Lewis]] to lead the expedition, afterwards kn...
7: ...rd. Soon they passed Le Rochette, the last white settlement on the [[Missouri River]]. On [[August 20]...
10: ...uring the trip, so the group decided to vote on whether to camp on the north or south side of the Colu...
16: ...d States. Without these calm meetings, the white settlers from the East would have stormed the Indian ...
19: ...ine of the Lewis and Clark Expedition]] for more detail'' - March 21 (10586 bytes)
8: ...1801]] - The [[Battle of Alexandria]] was fought between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|Frenc...
21: ...on Song Contest]] for [[Italy]] singing "Non ho l'etuot; (I'm not old enough).
26: *[[1970]] - In [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], [[Dana (singer)|Dana]] wins the fiftee...
27: ...Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] to [[protest]] the [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan]].
29: ...1985]] - [[Canada|Canadian]] [[paraplegic]] [[athlete]] and [[humanitarian]] [[Rick Hansen]] begins hi... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[155...
58: *[[Francis Baily]] ([[Britain]], [[1774]] – [[1844]])
76: *[[Adriaan Blaauw]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1914]] – ) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
2: ...x130;mparatorluğu'''</big></big><br/>'''Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye'''
45: ...as referring to the Empire's position as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its day, the Ottoman Empi...
53: ...[Suleiman I]] in the [[16th century]], when it stretched from the [[Persian Gulf]] in the east to [[Hu...
55: ... a fortress and supplied huge cannon. The [[the Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Protestants]] were helped by th...
61: ...h in 1798, Cyprus occupied by the British in 1876 etc.). Socially, the advent of nationalism and the y... - Barium (8466 bytes)
21: ...riodic table series|Series]] || [[alkaline earth metal]]s
27: | 3510 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 1.25
36: | [[Atomic radius]] (Calc.) || 215 [[picometre|pm]] (253 pm)
55: ...[[State of matter]] || solid ([[magnetism|paramagnetic]])
63: ...ntific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre per mole|m<sup>3</sup>/mol]] - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
26: {{Elementbox_magnetic | nonmagnetic }}
33: ...0<sup>5</sup>]] [[year|y]] | dm=[[beta emission|β<sup>-</sup>]] | de=0.709 | pn=36 | ps=[[argon|A...
34: ...ntbox_isotopes_decay | mn=36 | sym=Cl | na=[[synthetic radioisotope|syn]] | hl=[[1 E12 s|3.01×10...
51: ...ptic, dyestuffs, food, [[insecticide]]s, paints, petroleum products, plastics, medicines, textiles, so...
53: ... it is substituted for [[hydrogen]] (as in [[synthetic rubber]] production). - Manganese (14965 bytes)
7: ...td rowspan="3" valign="center">'''Mn'''<br>[[Technetium|Tc]] <br> <br> </td></tr>
16: ... </td><td>[[transition metal]]s</td></tr>
20: ...Hardness]] </td><td>7470 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 6.0</td></tr>
22: ... </td><td align="center">silvery metallic <br>[[Image:Mn,25.jpg|125px|]]</td></tr>
30: ... </td><td>139 [[picometre|pm]]</td></tr> - Oxygen (9039 bytes)
2: {{Elementbox_series | [[nonmetal]]s }}
26: {{Elementbox_magnetic | [[paramagnetism|paramagnetic]] }}
37: ...initial appearance on Earth as a product of the metabolic action of early anaerobes ([[archaea]] and ...
40: ...and the high-energy double-bonded molecule [[singlet oxygen]]. This native diradical quality of oxyge...
44: ...color and both are highly [[Paramagnetism|paramagnetic]]. Liquid O<sub>2</sub> is usually obtained by ... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
38: *[[1774]]
47: ...nrich Klaproth]]. After the planet [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]].
59: **[[Columbium]] discovered by [[Charles Hatchett]], later renamed [[Niobium]]
99: ...red by [[Marc Delafontaine]] & [[Jacques Louis Soret]]
111: ...#953;τος ''dysprositos'' (hard to get at). - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
23: ...). William Henry Harrison's brother, [[Carter Bassett Harrison]], later became a member of the House o...
25: ...1795]], which opened much of present-day Ohio to settlement by [[whites|white]] Americans.
27: ...h made it easier for people to purchase land for settlement in the Northwest Territory. Harrison resig...
29: ...confederacy, winning his famous victory at [[Prophetstown]] next to the [[Wabash River|Wabash]] and [[...
41: ==Cabinet== - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ... into effect on [[November 1]] of that year. It met with great resistance in the colonies and was nev...
6: ...me was 26 shillings whilst citizens of [[Massachusetts]] paid only around 1 shilling a year back to Lo...
8: ...f these taxes ranged from a half penny on a pamphlet or one-page newspaper to fifty pounds on a major ...
13: ...attacked by the French, [[Spain|Spanish]], and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] at various times, and they had be...
17: ...olonies. When Massachusetts asked for a general meeting, nine colonies sent representatives to a [[Sta... - Quartering Act (1775 bytes)
4: ...brandy]], [[strong water]], [[cider|cyder]] or [[metheglin]]", and if numbers required in "uninhabited...
6: == Act of 1774 ==
8: ...e second Quartering Act, established [[2 June]] [[1774]], was one of the measures (variously called the ...
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